Nekrolog 1538
This is a list of famous people who died in 1538 . The entries are made alphabetically within the individual data. Animals can be found in the necrology for animals .
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 February | Johann of the Palatinate | Bishop of Regensburg | 49 | |
| February 7th | Olav Engelbrektsson | last Catholic Archbishop in Norway | ||
| February 12th | Albrecht Altdorfer | German painter, engraver and builder of the Renaissance era | ||
| February 26th | Ursula von Rosenfeld | German noblewoman, second wife of Margrave Ernst von Baden | ||
| February 26th | Johann Wetken | German town clerk and mayor (Hamburg) |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 18th | Erhard von der Mark | Cardinal, Prince-Bishop of Liege and Archbishop of Valencia | 65 | |
| March 18th | Kaspar von Mülinen | Swiss noblemen and politicians | 57 | |
| March | Hans Buchner | German organist and composer | 54 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd of April | Elizabeth Boleyn | Lady-in-waiting of Elizabeth of York and Catherine of Aragón; Mother of Anne Boleyn | ||
| 4. April | Helena Glinskaja | Regent of Russia | ||
| 10th of April | Melchior Feselen | German painter | ||
| 26th of April | Rodrigo Orgóñez | Spanish conquistador |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15 | Philip III | German nobleman, Count von Hanau-Lichtenberg | 55 | |
| May 22 | John Forest | Franciscan minorite, martyr, blessed | ||
| May | Wilhelm Reiffenstein | German humanist |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 7th | Heinrich von Füllstein | Auxiliary bishop in Breslau and Olomouc, titular bishop of Nicopolis in Palestine; Court chaplain of the Dukes of Opole | ||
| June 22 | Botho zu Stolberg | German count | 71 | |
| June 30th | Karl of Egmond | Duke of Guelders | 70 |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8th of July | Diego de Almagro el Viejo | Spanish conquistador | ||
| 15th of July | Hans Reinicke | Hüttenmeister in Mansfeld, friend of Luther | ||
| July 26th | George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury | English nobleman |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 23 | Ulrich von Sax | Commander-in-chief of the Swiss Army during the piano march in 1512 | ||
| 26th of August | Hans Beheim the Elder | Builder and architect in Nuremberg |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 14th | Henry III. | Count of Nassau, Lord of Breda | 55 | |
| September 28th | Sibilla Egen | German donor |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2nd | Johannes Metzler | Graecist and lawyer, governor of the Hereditary Principality of Wroclaw | ||
| the 20th of October | Adelheid Brömse | German Cistercian and abbess | ||
| the 20th of October | Francesco Maria I della Rovere | Duke of Urbino | 48 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2 | Hatice Sultan | Ottoman princess and daughter of Sultan Selim I. | 44 | |
| November 6th | Nikolaus Hausmann | Protestant theologian and reformer |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9th of December | Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter | English nobleman and cousin of Henry VIII. | ||
| December 18th | Filippo Strozzi the Younger | Member of the Strozzi family | 49 | |
| 24th of December | Anna Reinhart | Wife of Ulrich Zwingli |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giovanni Filoteo Achillini | Italian poet | |||
| Askia Mohammad I. | Ruler of the Songha Empire | |||
| Paul Bachmann | Cistercian monk and abbot of the Altzella monastery, opponent of Martin Luther | |||
| Jan van Batenburg | Dutch Baptist, leader of the Batenburger (also Zwaardgeesten) | |||
| Germain de Brie | French humanist | |||
| Hans Daucher | German sculptor | |||
| Fadrique Enríquez | Admiral of Castile | |||
| Fritz Grawert | Councilor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck and commander of the Lübeck fleet | |||
| Andrea Gritti | Doge of Venice | |||
| Ludwig Juppe | German Gothic sculptor | |||
| Josef Štěpánek Netolický | Bohemian pond builder in the service of the Bohemian lords of Rosenberg | |||
| Pierre-Robert Olivétan | French theologian and Bible translator | |||
| David Reuveni | Jewish messianist and deceiver | |||
| Wassili Wassiljewitsch Schuiski | Russian boyar | |||
| Thomas Starkey | English humanist and political thinker |